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Chapter 35
Translator: Enuma ID
It was the next morning.
The moment Park Ji-hun opened his eyes, he looked up at the ceiling.
What Kim Tae-jun had said at the Street-Tent Bar the night before still lingered in his head.
「My father knows about your broadcast too, Park Ji-hun ssi.」
W̆еb̆nоv е̊l̃ Ěnum̃ă
「He seemed rather curious about you, Ji-hun ssi.」
Honestly, hearing his own name come out of a conglomerate chairman's mouth felt a little strange.
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After all, not so long ago he'd been the kind of guy combing through job sites, fretting over when he'd ever land one.
But the thought passed quickly; Park Ji-hun lifted his head off the pillow and muttered briefly.
"Nothing's going to change."
He pushed himself up with a small snort of a laugh.
Ėn u m̌а
"Guess I'm on his mind now."
Just then the phone by his pillow buzzed once.
Park Ji-hun checked the name on the screen and answered right away.
"Hello?"
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His mom's voice came through from the other end.
"Ji-hun, you up?"
W еb̄ ńо v̀е l̂ Е̃.n u m а
"Just woke up. What's up?"
"About the place we're moving to. You told me to look into it, remember? So I've lined up three to see."
"Okay. When?"
The 200 million won he'd received as a signing payment after contracting with Ocean.
The first thing Park Ji-hun had done with that money was tell his mom to start looking for a new place to move into.
If they were going to move anyway, he wanted to set her up somewhere at least a little nicer.
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"I'm planning to go look around 2 PM. If you've got time later, could you come with me?"
"Of course. I should be there with you. What are the places like?"
"One's really nice but the price is a bit steep, one's a little old but cheap to match, and the last one......"
His mom trailed off for a moment.
"What is it?"
"It's the best of the three. Spacious, good location, and cheaper than you'd think."
Ẅе̄ bǹ о v̌ е l̂ .Еn ũ m̃ ӓ
"But?"
"There's some talk about it, though. They say the people who lived there before couldn't stick it out long and moved out."
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"What's the problem with it?"
"When I dug a little, there was word it's a ghost-haunted house."
Park Ji-hun gazed out the window without a word.
'A ghost, huh.'
Еn u m̈ӓ.
At this point, the word itself didn't scare him.
But if it was a house his mom would be living in, that was a different story.
Buying outright wasn't the same as a jeonse or monthly rental. [TL Note: jeonse is a Korean lease in which the tenant pays a large refundable lump-sum deposit instead of paying monthly rent.]
Once a place was bought, it wasn't easy to undo.
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Still, going there in person might tell him.
Whether something was really clinging to the house.
Е̇ n u m ā
Or whether it was just a place chased by empty rumors.
"Aw, ghosts, come on. I'll see you later, then."
After hanging up, Park Ji-hun sank into thought for a while.
Since he was going house-hunting with his mom, he couldn't very well run a Public Broadcast.
'A Private one should be fine. There's just no one watching, but it's still a live broadcast all the same.'
Come to think of it, it would also be his first outdoor broadcast.
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Park Ji-hun tapped his fingers against the desk a couple of times, then let out a small laugh.
"If I end up seeing things at the house too, that'd be a real riot."
A moment later, he went into the Ocean app and posted a notice.
[Off-broadcast today due to family matters.]
A single short line was enough.
No need to spell it out at length.
W е́ b̃ n̊ ӧve̊ l̆ Ѐ n̈ ŭm а̊
***
It was a little before 2 PM.
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The moment Park Ji-hun arrived in front of the agreed-upon real estate office, he stopped in his tracks.
His mom had gotten there ahead of him.
Bundled in a thick padded coat and pacing about, she gave Ji-hun a light wave the moment she spotted him.
"Son. You made it?"
W е b̃ ñ_о v̂ē.l Ӗ num ӓ
"Yeah. Why didn't you wait inside?"
"No, I just got here myself. It's cold. Let's hurry inside."
The office he walked into with his mom was unremarkable.
A large neighborhood map hung on the wall, and a few printed documents were laid out neatly on the table.
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A middle-aged woman who'd been sitting in a chair rose with a bright greeting.
"Oh my, you brought your son along. Hello there."
Е nù mа̃
"Hello."
"Cold out, isn't it? Well, let's head straight to the closest one first."
After a bit of small talk, the Licensed Real Estate Agent gathered up her documents and car keys and stood up first.
On his way out, Ji-hun pulled out his phone first thing.
He opened the Ocean app, switched the setting to Private Broadcast, and started it.
He'd told his mom in advance that he was recording to review the layouts later, so she didn't say much.
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The Licensed Real Estate Agent glanced at his phone and asked with a smile.
"Oh, are you streaming, by any chance? YouTube?"
"Yeah. Nothing famous. Just recording it to look back on later."
"Ah, I see. A lot of people do that these days, don't they."
Park Ji-hun pressed the start-broadcast button right away.
In that instant, a cool sensation swept down his spine.
Ӗ ñ.u m а́ .і d̃
His gaze sank, ever so slightly.
'It works.'
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Just then the Licensed Real Estate Agent spoke.
"All right, let's start with the nearest one."
***
The first place the Licensed Real Estate Agent showed them was a newly built villa not far from the station.
Е.n üm̆ а̂
As they opened the door and stepped in, the tidy feel of the interior caught the eye.
White wallpaper, a clean layout, and an interior with nothing excess about it.
On the surface, it looked flawless.
"Everyone says their first impression of this place is good."
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The Licensed Real Estate Agent said confidently.
"It gets good sunlight and the area's quiet, so residents tend to be quite happy living here."
Ẇ e b̊ nŏ ṽ.еl Е̃n ù ṁа
His mom looked slowly around the place and nodded.
"The place is nice."
Park Ji-hun stepped in after her.
In that moment, one corner of his vision wavered faintly.
He saw his mom sitting on the sofa with the living room light on, even though it was daytime.
After kneading her shoulders a few times, she let out a long sigh.
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It wasn't that anything was seriously wrong with her body.
And yet, strangely, she kept drooping, drained.
Park Ji-hun frowned.
"The Compatibility's no good. Let's go somewhere else."
"Why, is something off?"
"It looks fine, but it's a house that doesn't suit you, Mom. You'd never be able to breathe easy here, you'd just shrink into yourself."
Е̂n̂_ǔ m̀a
The Licensed Real Estate Agent blinked.
"Uh, what do you mean? It's a bit pricey, but there's no other place around as good as this one."
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"The house itself isn't bad, it just doesn't suit us. Let's move on to the next one."
"I think I'd rather just see somewhere else too."
When his mom backed him up, the Licensed Real Estate Agent wore an awkward look for a moment, then nodded.
"Oh, all right. Let's head straight to the next one, then."
Ė n ù m̌ a..і̃ d
The second was a somewhat older, dated apartment.
There was no elevator, it was the corridor-access type, and the front door still bore the worn marks of years of hands.
The moment she stood at the door, his mom said quietly.
"This place is a bit old, all right."
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The Licensed Real Estate Agent added at once.
"It may look this way, but the inside's been fixed up a bit, so it's fairly clean. The price is reasonable too."
Еn̊ u m̃ а.і̄ d̄
It certainly didn't have the modern, polished feel of the first place.
Even so, it was sound, with nothing out of joint about it.
Park Ji-hun took a step inside.
Once again, his vision wavered quietly.
He saw his mom sitting at the dining table, reading a book.
A bit of cool breeze drifted in through a gap in the window, and her face looked far more at ease than before.
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"This one's actually not bad, you know?"
"Really? It looks all right to live in?"
"Yeah. At the very least, it's not a house that'll wear you down, Mom."
The Licensed Real Estate Agent lit up and smiled.
"Right? For actually living in, a place like this really is comfortable."
His mom looked around the place once more.
Е̃ n̂ ū m̀ ӓ .і̆d
Her expression wasn't bad.
But she seemed to have some lingering regret.
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After hesitating a moment, his mom spoke.
"Still, I'd like to see the last place before we go......"
At those words, the Licensed Real Estate Agent's expression stiffened, ever so subtly.
"Sorry? Ah, that house......"
Ŵ ê bǹo v̇е l Ӗ ǹ ûḿӓ
Trailing off, the Licensed Real Estate Agent cleared her throat.
In that brief gap, his mom leaned a little toward Ji-hun.
"Son."
"Yeah."
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"The house I mentioned earlier is the last one."
His mom's voice dropped a touch lower.
Е̂ṅ ǔ m ӑ._і d̆
"They say there's some talk in the neighborhood. That it's a ghost-haunted house."
A brief silence fell.
Park Ji-hun looked at his mom's face once, then turned straight to the Licensed Real Estate Agent.
"That house, what's there that gets a rumor like that going around?"
The Licensed Real Estate Agent gave an uncomfortable smile, then let out a long sigh.
"I don't know the details myself. There was just word that the people who moved in before couldn't last long and left soon after."
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"So it's not as if there's no rumor at all."
"No. That's why I wasn't going to recommend it first. I didn't want to make you uneasy for no reason."
His mom shot Ji-hun a sidelong glance.
"Son, will it be all right?"
Park Ji-hun checked the phone screen.
The Private Broadcast was still running.
Е́ n u m̂ä
The cool sensation still lingered as well.
"It'll be fine. Let's go take a look. The last place."
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***
The last place was a newly built apartment in a large complex.
The moment they entered the complex's gate, the atmosphere itself was different.
Neatly kept walking paths, carefully tended landscaping, and all sorts of amenities for the residents.
Е́n̂ um̊ ӑ .і d̀
It was in a different weight class altogether from the first or second place.
His mom looked around with an unmistakably excited face.
"Wow, this is nice."
"Right? That's why everyone who comes to see this place ends up agonizing over it at least once."
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The Licensed Real Estate Agent went on.
"It's a good deal cheaper than others of the same size, you see. So rumor or no rumor, people still come to look."
È n̄ ũ m̄ а́. і ď
His mom nodded.
"Honestly, at this level it really is tempting."
The Licensed Real Estate Agent gave a vague smile.
"If you go by the conditions alone, yes."
The three of them got on the elevator together.
As the floor numbers climbed slowly, his mom needlessly adjusted her grip on her bag strap once more.
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Her face was half anticipation, half unease.
Ding.
The elevator doors opened.
The corridor was quiet.
As befit new construction, the walls and floor were spotless, and the motion-sensor lights came on bright.
On the surface there was nothing at all to find fault with.
Е̇ñǔ m̊ а
The Licensed Real Estate Agent punched in the door-lock code and opened the door.
Click.
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The door swung open and the inside revealed itself.
A spacious living room.
Clean hardwood floors.
Wide, airy double-pane windows.
E̊ n ŭmа .ìd
A layout that even let the sunlight pour in.
Just standing at the entryway looking in, it looked good.
"Oh my."
A short gasp of admiration slipped from his mom's lips.
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"This one's really nice."
Park Ji-hun stepped inside without a word.
En̆ ů m̊ а . ĭd̃
In that instant, his vision twisted coldly.
On the outside everything was fine, but somewhere in the air of the house something hung heavy and murky.
Even in the bright daylight, the interior strangely felt darker.
The Licensed Real Estate Agent, too, paused mid-step as she crossed the threshold.
A chill ran cold down her spine.
Goosebumps rose for no particular reason.
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"What's wrong with me......"
She muttered quietly.
His mom frowned too.
"That's strange."
The voice that had been fine until just now grew a little hoarse.
"All of a sudden it's hard to breathe."
Ẁ е̄bn̊оv̇ěl Е̂ň um̆ а̄
For no real reason, the Licensed Real Estate Agent looked toward the living room once more.
Even though it was a new home, the air was oddly heavy, as if she'd walked into a room left empty for a long time.
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Her shoulders hunched on their own.
Just then, Park Ji-hun's gaze turned slowly toward the master bedroom.
Something was there.
A Malevolent Energy that frightened people and drove them out lay hidden deep within the house.
Еnum а̌ .іd̄
His mom braced a hand against the wall and quietly steadied her breath.
"Son......"
The Licensed Real Estate Agent could feel it clearly now too.
This house was wrong.
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It was hard to explain, but she no longer wanted to stay in this house.
"Ma'am, shall we step outside for a moment?"
Ѐ n̈ u m а̀
At that moment, Park Ji-hun spoke in a low, cold voice.
"Mom, stay put for a second."
At his single word, the murky air blanketing the house thinned for a moment.
Park Ji-hun looked straight toward the master bedroom and spoke slowly.
"So you're the reason people couldn't stick it out here."
The unpleasant energy that had clung damp and close until moments ago flinched, as if it had heard him, then surged out murky once again.
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Park Ji-hun spat the words out coldly.
"The audacity."
They were just two short words, but in that instant, the malevolent current was overturned completely.
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